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A 23-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two of his friends and causing serious injury to another person has been jailed for five years and three months at Donegal Circuit Court.
Joseph Gilroy, from Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, had pleaded guilty to a number of charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of two people, causing serious bodily harm to another person, driving without a licence and without insurance, and driving while disqualified when the car he was driving crashed in Bundoran in August 2018.
A previous court sitting heard that on the night of the crash, Gilroy and his friends had been socialising in Fermanagh before travelling to Bundoran in Co Donegal to go to a nightclub.
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Joseph Gilroy was sentenced on Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of Shiva Devine (left) and Conall McAleer (right) and serious injury to Rachel Elliott.
A man who crashed a car in Co Donegal while driving at high speed, resulting in the deaths of two friends and leaving another with life-changing injuries, has been jailed for five years and three months.
Joseph Gilroy (23) was sentenced at Donegal Circuit Court on Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of Shiva Devine (20) and Conall McAleer (20) and serious injury to Rachel Elliott. He faced other charges including driving without a license or insurance and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Joseph Gilroy, who was already disqualified from driving in Northern Ireland, reached speeds of 121kph at the impact of the crash in Bundoran, Co Donegal on August 19, 2018
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Joseph Gilroy at Letterkenny Circuit Court (Image: North West Newspix)
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Donegal man Joseph Gilroy who killed two pals and left another in wheelchair for life while driving at speed jailed
Stephen Maguire
Updated: 20 Apr 2021, 16:45
A YOUNG man who killed two friends and left another in a wheelchair for life when the car he was driving at speed crashed has been jailed for more than five years.
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Joseph Gilroy at Letterkenny Circuit Court where he was to be sentenced of causing death by dangerous drivingCredit: Newspix
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Conall McAleer also passed away
Gilroy, who was already disqualified from driving in the North, reached speeds of 121kph at the impact of the crash in Bundoran, Donegal on August 19th, 2018.
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A man has been jailed for causing the death of two of his friends and seriously injuring a third person in a car crash in the Republic of Ireland.
Joseph Gilroy from County Fermanagh, lost control of the overcrowded car he was driving after leaving a nightclub in Bundoran, County Donegal on 19 August 2018.
The 23-year-old from Lisnaskea admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
He was jailed for five years and three months at Donegal Circuit Court.
Sentencing on Tuesday, Judge John Aylmer said that the crash had a devastating impact on so many victims and their families.
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